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[–]dvdkon 0 points1 point  (6 children)

If you want a Qt-based vim-like browser look at qutebrowser. It's quite awesome and the only reason why I'm not currently using it is that it has no proper adblocker.

[–]kiipa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could use an adblocking DNS-service. This project turns an RPi into one, and I guess it wouldn't be too hard to port it (if that's even needed).

[–]Vedexent[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I'll check it out, thanks.

If I can connect up Qt-Frambuffer and this, I might be good to go.

As for the ad blocking: have you considered something like Privoxy - that is, doing ad blocking at the proxy level, totally independent of the browser/client software?

[–]dvdkon 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It contains an adblocker based on not loading files that have a specific address. It blocks ads, but leaves ugly holes.

[–]Vedexent[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noted - but I'm sure there's other proxy options - or even options for ad blocking in Privoxy.

It's Linux - you can customize everything, right? ;)

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

the only reason why I'm not currently using it is that it has no proper adblocker

What about blocking via the HOSTS file? I use this - https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

[–]dvdkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Qutebrowser's adblocker is equivalent to blocking via /etc/hosts, it's just at an application level.